By: Christina Miller
I’ve been playing this game for almost a week now, and I seriously enjoy it. It first came out 10 years ago on the 3DS (I never played it on 3DS), but it recently came out for the Switch. The game has gone semi-viral on TikTok, with many people sharing their Mii’s and funny scenes.
The game is somewhat like The Sims, but more kid-friendly. You can add up to 70 Mii’s (residents) on your island. You can name your island and customize your Miis. The goal is to make your Mii’s happy, check in daily to see what relationships they formed with others, and to take care of your Mii’s as well.
The reason why this game is blowing up is because of scenarios that are able to happen. Recently, what I have encountered in my game is a love triangle, which was funny. I honestly did not expect it at all. One of my Mii’s was confessing to another one until this other guy came in and confessed to the girl. Genuinely, I was so thrown off.
The Mii’s are very customizable. Many people use the facepaint feature to add features to their Mii or create something new. I see many artists use this to make very detailed faces of their OCs, celebrities, or fictional characters. You can also change the position of the facial features, so you can also change things or use them for different purposes on your Mii’s. I literally made Shrek by moving facial features.
“I think it’s an amazing game! It’s hilarious, I could watch Hatsune Miku get to first base with Peter Griffin,” Mateo commented.
Every day, the options change for some of the shops. You can buy new foods, clothes, or go to the market. The market changes every morning, afternoon, and night. At the night market usually a mystery bag, which could get you new things for only $50 (in-game money).
If you do buy your Mii’s some new clothes, they can like it or not. When your character dislikes something, there would be a blue cloud, or they would do a sad motion. If the Mii likes what you give it, it would either smile at you or smile and jump in the air. When you’re Mii smiles, it will give you points, which you can add to the fountain.
When your Mii’s like something, you get these orbs, and once you collect enough, you can rank up your fountain. Once you rank up your fountain, you can also get more wishes, which grant you something for free. It lets you get free things and more things to do in the game. It’s very useful if you don’t wanna spend any money in the game since things can be expensive.
When you raise your character’s happiness level, you can give it a new quirk, some goods, and more things you’re able to give them. Quirks can determine how they greet somebody, walk, talk, and more! There are plenty of other things you can do once your character’s happiness level rises, but those are the main things.
The Mii’s can have any one of the 16 personalities. There are plenty of guides on YouTube on how to get all 16. Each one determines how the Mii will interact with other Miis on your island. Personally, I think it’s cool to have these because they can also determine what your Miis do on your island.
Your Mii’s can become best friends and move in together. You can also get even more used to moving in by making more connections and getting them all to move in, which creates a giant apartment. In Tomodachi Life, I have five people living together. When these characters live together, they can have debates. One of the Mii’s will ask you something like “ we should see who is the most___ in this house?” I think it’s very cool and funny to see these situations unfold.
The rooms are also customizable in the apartments and the houses. Your Mii can tell you if it likes it or not. The designs are very cool, and you can also make your own designs in the palette workshop. You can do interior and exterior designs.
Overall, I’ve been playing the game for a few weeks now, and I personally love it because of the funny moments you can have with the characters and because the game’s very customizable Miis. I think this is a really good game if you like Sims and the original game. If you’re a cozy gamer, I recommend this for you since it’s a sit-down game and is calming to play.
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